Ephwurd is an American electronic music project. Ephwurd is best known for tracks such as "Rock the Party" (with

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), "Vibrations", "Wildchild" (with

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) and "Just Us" (featuring Liinks). In addition, Ephwurd has remixed some of the biggest names in dance music including

the Chainsmokers The Chainsmokers are an American electronic DJ and production duo consisting of Alexander "Alex" Pall and Andrew "Drew" Taggart. They started out by releasing remixes of songs by indie artists. The EDM- pop duo achieved a breakthrough with the ...

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and

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. Ephwurd has toured worldwide playing festivals such as

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, Electric Daisy Carnival and Veld, among many others.

History

Ephwurd went public with a remix of

's "

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", before revealing who was behind the duo in July 2015 as they released the single "''Rock the Party''" on the

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label. The collaborative effort between Ephwurd and

would often get played by DJs such as

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, and

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. The music style would later be known as "bass house", which has been described as "having a lot of classic house drums and percussion to it but it has the wobbles of dubstep at the same time". Ephwurd later released a slew of singles on labels such as Spinnin Records and its sub label affiliates. On March 16, 2018, Bais Haus announced that "Ephwurd will now operate without Datsik.", due in part to the controversy surrounding Datsik. Since moving on as a solo act Ephwurd has released many singles and collaborations such as "Accelerator" and "Wildchild" (with the Bloody Beetroots). In February 2019, Ephwurd has developed his Eph'd Up Records label releasing emerging artists in the "bass house" genre.

Music style

Ephwurd was one of the first acts to popularize the "bass house" genre of music to a wider audience. Bass house has been described as an " all-encompassing melting pot is so broad it’s impossible to define what it is". The origins of bass house has been traced back to the mid to late-1990s with the work of the group

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that was melded into

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over time. One reviewer labelled Ephwurd as a "high-flying collaboration of epic proportions", describing the music as "an exciting blend of dubstep and house music that has packed out venues around the world." Ashley Marro of "Stoney Road" magazine described Ephwurd's ''Bring It Back'' as being an "old school combining a heavy dose of bass with elements of classic house music".

References

{{Authority control American house musicians Club DJs Musical groups established in 2015 Remixers 2015 establishments in the United States Electronic dance music DJs